Microtubule-Organizing Center
"Microtubule-Organizing Center" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An amorphous region of electron dense material in the cytoplasm from which the MICROTUBULES polymerization is nucleated. The pericentriolar region of the CENTROSOME which surrounds the CENTRIOLES is an example.
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D022101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.214.190.750.585
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtubule-Organizing Center" by people in Profiles.
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The Rap2c GTPase facilitates B cell receptor-induced reorientation of the microtubule-organizing center. Small GTPases. 2020 11; 11(6):402-412.
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The Rap1-cofilin-1 pathway coordinates actin reorganization and MTOC polarization at the B cell immune synapse. J Cell Sci. 2017 03 15; 130(6):1094-1109.